>> i think people could look at the events of iraq this week and say, yeap, i was right, we theldn't have been there in first place because he's conflicts have been going on for centuries with or without american troops on the ground and other people writing this is the reason why obama was wrong to pull them out or pull them out so quickly but i agree the president has a very strong base right now on foreign policy and he probably has greater latitude to do things than he he did six months ago and you can see that in the way the republicans on the campaign and in congress talk about the president. at midsummer, they were talking about competence and management here in washington by the president. they are not talking about competence and management anymore. they are talking now, in mitt romney's case, about looking for the soul of america, whatever that means. that mean?does >> i think it's a different conversation that might be more cultural, might be more about mitt romney's view of the world. but not about competence, not about management. it's going back to ideology, i think. >>

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